Necktie and collar fastener



(No Model.)

B. S. GOFPEY.

NEOKTIE AND COLLAR FASTENEB.

Patented Dec. 1, 1885.

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N. PETERS. Photc-Lilhug-mpher, Wahingtnm D. C:

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ROBERT SAMUEL COFFEY, OF WACO, TEXAS.

NECKTIE AND COLLAR FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 331,279, dated December 1, 1885.

Application filed April 6, 1885.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ROBERT S. OOFFEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Waco, in the county of McLennan and State of Texas, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Necktie and Collar Fasteners, of which the following is a description.

Figure 1 is a front view of the necktie and collar fastening. Fig. 2 is a top or plan View of the same. Fig. 3 is an enlarged sectional view through the separable collar-button; and Fig. 4 is a cross-section through the fastener near one of its ends, showing the relation of the bent hook-shaped pieces to the shirt-band, collar, and necktie, which latter are shown in dotted lines.

The object of my invention is to provide a fastening for holding in proper relation to each other a shirt-band, collar, and necktie, and for stiffening or holding the shirt-band in proper position when it is not properly laundered, or when it becomes limp from perspiration. These objects are attained in the construction which I will now proceed to describe.

In the drawings, A represents a flat spring, of metal, celluloid, rubber, or other suitable material, which is for adults about four inches long and curved to correspond with the neck. In the middle and upon the convex side of this spring is fixed a hollow stud, a, with a detachable head, I), secured therein by springcatches bb, which extend to the sides of the head, so as to be compressed with the fingers, and which engage with an inturned flange in the stud in a manner well known in separable buttons.

To the outer ends of the flat spring is attached at each end a flat bent piece .of metal, 0 d 6, made in. one piece in the shape of a double hook extending at right angles from the spring, and of which the part 0 extends up next to the skin of the wearer, and then turns down at d on the outside of the neckband and between Serial No. 161,357. (No model.)

it and the collar, and then again turns up at 6 under the collar and between it and the necktie, while the necktie lies against the outer face of the section 6, which is provided with a series of points or teeth struck outwardly to engage the fabric of the necktie and prevent it from riding to one side.

In the use of my invention,therefore,it will be seen that the spring A rests inside the shirtband and next to the neck and holds the shirtband in place and away from the neck, while the stud a protrudes through the button-hole in the front of the shirt-band, and in connection with the separable head secures the ends of the collar, while the bent sections a d e separate the shirt-band, collar, and necktie from each other and hold them in proper. relative position.

In constructing the device I make it in three sizes,for youths, ho s, and men.

Having thus described my invention,what I claim as new is- 1. A fastener for securing the proper relation between the shirt'band, collar, and necktie, consisting of a spring, A, adapted to fit inside the shirt-band and next to the neck, in combination with a hollow stud, a, on the middle of the convex side,having a separable head, I), with spring-catches b, and the bent hook-sections c d e, toothed as described, and arranged to separate the shirt-band, collar, and necktie, as described.

2. The combination, with a curved spring, A, having a collar-button secured at its middie, of the bent hooksection at its ends, extending from said ends at right angles, first upwardly at c, then downwardly at (I, then upwardly at e, and having teeth upon the exterior face of section e, as described.

ROBERT SAMUEL GOFFEY.

Witnesses:

ORLANDO WHEAT, S. T. MALLoRY. 

